Thoughts from the tortoise.....

[Ray(KLFC)]

Obviously I am over the moon we won yesterday but didnt come on here to gloat,There has been some "winding up" on our boards of late but that has been both ways so is not of particular interest to me.I will now attempt to set the record straight over the "incidents" off the pitch.
I have never condoned any form of crowd trouble but as a regular follower have found myself tangled up in it on a few occasions over the years.The "charge" of some of our fans into yours after we scored our second was NOT planned as is written elsewhere but the actions of a few idiots who had drunk too much and thought it would be "funny" to further antagonise your fans.The fact we scored just as our fans passed yours was unfortunate to say the least.
I spent the next 10 minutes trying to placate the situation and was repeatedly assured by the grey haired bloke that the young lady who was pushed over was ok.
I offer no excuses for my fellow supporters behaviour (and yes most involved are regulars) but felt the facts surrounding the situation needed telling.Most including me had been drinking all day and as we all know some just cant handle it!
A lot of your fans came into the bar after the game and it was only a few who were led away "for their own safety".An unfortunate but wise move surely?
The antagonising was not ALL our fault and the old adage play with fire and you will get burnt springs to mind.On more than one occasion before,during and after the match fans of yours were trying to make things worse and not exactly angels(sorry no pun intended)themselves.
We always enjoy the banter that comes out of visiting supporters but on a few occasions sadly(and usually fuelled by alcohol)actions speak louder than word.
As most of you know I have been a regular visitor to this site and was gracious in defeat a few months ago.Hopefully you will be as well.It has been written elsewhere we were lucky to have won so well..(Flukey goals etc)Not according to your manager as he said we could easily have had 5 or 6.By the way he is a top bloke and enjoyed the joke when we presented him with a "collection" for his wages of £1.57 !!
Sorry if I have run on a bit but felt I had to have some sane input to what I am sure will be debated about for a while.Have a good remainder of the season and hopefully all our fans wont be tarnished with the insults that have been printed.

P.S.Never got my pint Charles!!Still waiting.

[neilw]

Ray,

Your true fans won't be tarnished, l'm sure. The alcohol fuelled idiots who were responsible for some of the incidents yesterday are not worth the waste of words in this statement. Alan Walker was right, we got what we deserved. The second half performance by KL about justified the scoreline.

Yesterday was my first ever visit to "The Walks". Sadly, the incidents of the day hardly lived up to the words at the back of your main stand, "Welcome to the Walks". I for one, will never return there as frankly l felt unsafe. Sad to see this at non league football, but as ever the actions of the minority etc.

That aside, your team did you proud on the day and your ground deserves a higher level of football. Good luck for the rest of the season. I think our financial issues will ultimately have a say on whether or not you win this league. Of course, Histon could put paid to the title for us both !!!

[brighton]

Ray,

I have no comments at all about the 'trouble' - I think it's best left in the past. But your comments are fair enough. On the footballing front we were well beaten in the 2nd half after an even first half and in a footballing sense KL restored their pride by playing 100 times better than at Longmead. It was probably a bit of a jolt for us losing 4-1 which is not a bad thing as we needed to avoid complacency and we can't be complacent now.

[Exiled Angel]

Ray - Your comments are normally reasonable but blaming alcohol for the trouble is not acceptable. What if someone had been seriously injured? Would that be a defence then? What makes it worse is these troublemakers are KL regulars and it seems old enough to know better. What action will the club be taking against these people?

[linnet1968]

apologies for the whatever(curfuffle,handbags),can't really comment too much on it as I missed the whole thing too busy holding the bar up,but did hear about it on surfacing
why it happened ? -is a reason needed for some to play at handbags

fact
kings lynn fans have been tarnished with a bad reputation for years and is something we have to live with , personally not happy about it but not particularly worried but some do find the need to uphold it.
Unfortunately the general handbag thing gets worse as u move up the non-league pyramid don't let it put u off just be aware of it.
What will the club do ,bit of a difficult situation without any police involvement.